Strong's Lexicon

H2860

H2860 — חָתָן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewchathannoun mascOccurrences: 20TWOT: 78ic

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2860
Word:	חָתָן
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H2859
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	20
Transliteration:	chathan
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-thawn'
Meaning:	1. a relative by marriage (especially through the bride) 2. (figuratively) a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal)
KJV Renderings:	bridegroom, husband, son in law.

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חָתָן noun masculine daughter's husband, bride-groom (as one who undergoes circumcision, see above; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חַתְנָא, and [untranscribed source text 2048] (also sister's husband, etc.); vulgar Arabic [untranscribed source text 2049] daughter's husband, then more generally wife's and husband's relations; Sabean (Lihyân) חֿתן daughter's husband DHM^{Epigr. Denkm. 87}; Assyrian —atanu, daughter's husband COT^Gloss) — absolute ׳ ח 1Sam 18:18 + 10 t. + Gen 19:12 (where read חֲתָנֶיךָ ᵐ5 Ol Di); construct חֲתַן Exod 4:23 + 4 t.; suffix חֲתָנוֺ Judg 19:5 חֲתָנָיו Gen 19:14 (twice in verse); —

1. in relation to a father, daughter's husband, or bridegroom Gen 19:12; Gen 19:14 ( לֹקְחֵי בְּנֹתָיו ׳ ח), Gen 19:14 (all J ), Judg 15:6 ; Judg 19:5; 1Sam 18:18; 1Sam 22:14; Neh 6:18; Neh 13:28 see also חֲתַן בֵּית אַחְאָב 2Kgs 8:27 son-in-law of the house of Ahad, said of Ahaziah, whose mother Athaliah was the daughter of Ahab.

2. in relation to the bride, bridegroom דָּמִים אַתָּה לִי ׳ ח Exod 4:25 a bloody bridegroom art thou to me, compare Exod 4:26 ( J ; on this see We^{Prol. 1886, 355}); || כַּלָּה Jer 7:34; Jer 16:9; Jer 25:10; Jer 33:11; Joel 2:16 in simile of ׳ י's work for and delight in his people Isa 61:10; Isa 62:5 of sun Ps 19:6.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חתן (ghah-thahn’)

Genesis 19:12

KJV: And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

EHCC: son in law, and thy sons,

Exodus 4:25

KJV: Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.sharp…: or, knifecast…: Heb. made it touch

EHCC: a bloody husband (art) thou to me.

Exodus 26:4

KJV: And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.selvedge: an edge of cloth so woven that it cannot unravel

EHCC: bloody husband (thou art),

Judges 15:6

KJV: Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

EHCC: Samson, the son in law of the Timnite,

Judges 19:5

KJV: And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.Comfort: Heb. Strengthen

EHCC: damsel’s father said unto Ais son in law,

Judges 22:14

EHCC: which is the king's son in law,

2 Kings 8:27

KJV: And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.

EHCC: for he (was) the son in law ofthe

Nehemiah 6:18

KJV: For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

EHCC: he (was) the son in law of niah

Psalms 19:5

KJV: Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

EHCC: (6). as a brideyroom coming out of

Joel 2:16

KJV: Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

EHCC: let the bridegroom go forth '